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Subject: Re: Whis is fastest 386/33 or 486/25 ?
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Date: 17 Jul 90 00:55:08 GMT
References: <1990Jul11.161138.13630@dvinci.usask.ca> <217@news.nd.edu>
Reply-To: tjreynol@zephyr.cair.du.edu (Tim)
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In article <217@news.nd.edu> laughner@news.nd.edu (Tom laughner) writes:
>From article <1990Jul11.161138.13630@dvinci.usask.ca>, by lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey):
>> From article <1990Jul5.205440.23370@ecn.purdue.edu>, by jmoore@cidmac.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Moore):
>> But at the same clock speed, the 486 chip appears to
>> be about twice as fast as the 386 chip (in real mode at least)
>> 
>> - Kevin Lowey     
>There would be no difference in speed between a 386 with a math
>coprocessor and a 486.  The 486 chip is a 386 + the math coprocessor in
>one. 

obviously, having a 387 built in is much faster.
(isn' that obvious?!)

it also has a 82385 cache controller, and 8 k of cache.
( i think this is correct, )

my store just got a 486-25 that compiled some autocad pic in 5 min. 53 sec.

a 386-33 w/ 387 took 12 min 18 sec.

so there. :-)

tim